On Saturday, a day after a peaceful protest in the Old City area against the Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Register of Citizen, the senior Muslim cleric appealed to the youth to maintain peace.
The city's Muslim cleric Syed Mushtaq Ali Nadvi underlined the ongoing rift between Muslims and secular people. Curfew was imposed in Jabalpur City on Friday while internet remained suspended for 6 hours in Bhopal during a peaceful demonstration near the mosque in Old City area. Nadvi addressed a press conference and said, "The Citizenship Amendment Act and the National Civil Registration were recently passed by the Central Government in the Rajya Sabha. Since then, the situation is not good among Muslims, especially the youth and secular people. "He hoped that CAA and NRC would be canceled. He further said, "I appeal to the youth not to take the law into their own hands and maintain peace." Stay away from activities that insult the community and spoil the atmosphere. '
As per citizenship law, non-Muslim refugees who fled to India before 31 December 2014 due to religious discrimination in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh will be granted Indian citizenship approval. Rebels are being organized all over the country against this law because they believe that discrimination is being done here in the name of religion.
For the last few days, there has been a ruckus between the protesters and the police in most of the big cities here, including Delhi, the national capital of the country. This forced the authorities to enforce prohibitory orders.
